Tech women are in third place while the men are fifth after the second
day
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Virginia Tech had six athletes score points on
the second day of the 2005 Atlantic Coast Conference Outdoor Track &
Field Championships at Florida State\'s Mike Long Track. Other
highlights included six Tech runners qualifying for Saturday\'s finals
and several Hokies posting personal record times in the sprint and
distance events.
Tech\'s six scores today were Sven Hahn, Brian MacPhee, Jennifer Wade,
Erin Mahony, Saskia Triesscheijn and Gunild Kreb. Hahn (Jr.,
Stutggart, Germany) placed third in the men\'s discus out of the 14
finishers with a throw of 178\' (54.25m). Hahn\'s third place finish
earned him All-ACC honors and gave Tech six team points. Hahn is
still the second-ranked men\'s discus thrower in the NCAA east region
and ranks ninth in the nation.
MacPhee (Sr., Golden Lake, Ont.) threw the discus 154\' (46.94m) to
place eighth, which is worth one team point. Vikas Gowda (North
Carolina), the No. 1 men\'s discus athlete in the nation, won the ACC
individual title in the event with his mark of 203\'5\" (62.00m).
Wade (Jr., Roanoke, Va.) earned three points for her sixth place
performance in the women\'s pole vault. Wade cleared a personal record
height of 11\'9.75\" (3.60m), which ranks third in Tech\'s all-time
performance list.
Mahony (So., Virginia Beach, Va.) tied for seventh place in the
women\'s pole vault and earned 1.50 points. Rhian Jenks (North
Carolina) became the ACC champion in the event with her jump of
12\'9.50\" (3.90m).
Saskia Triesscheijn (Jr., Berlin, Germany) finished the heptathlon in
third place with 5,367 points while Gunild Kreb (Jr., Winterbach,
Germany) had a point total of 5,094 which placed her fourth in the
event. Triesscheijn\'s top-three performance earned six points for
Tech\'s women\'s team and All-ACC honors. Kreb earned five points for
the Hokie women.
Indoor All-American Tamara Burns (Jr., Elm Creek, Neb.) threw the
shot put 45\'1\" (13.74m) to place 13th in the event. Kimberli Barrett
(Miami), the No. 1 women\'s shot put athlete in the nation, had a
winning throw of 58\'10.25\" (17.94m) to claim the ACC title in the
event.
The Hokies had six runners/hurdlers qualify for Saturday\'s finals in
their respective event. Victoria Green (Jr, Chesapeake, Va.)
qualified for the women\'s 400 meter finals slated for Saturday at
2:10 p.m. by placing eighth in the preliminaries with a personal
record time of 55.35. Green ran the third fastest 400 meter time in
school history today.
Jackie Nicholson (Sr., Clayton, N.J.) qualified for the women\'s
400-meter hurdle finals on Saturday at 2:55 p.m. with her seventh
place prelim time of 1:01.33. Nicholson\'s time is a current school
season best.
Anthony Jenkins (Sr., Baltimore, Md.) clocked a 400-meter hurdle
prelim time of 53.74 to grab sixth place in the men\'s race and
qualify for the finals on Saturday at 3:05 p.m.
Marie Giles (Sr., Hampton, Va.) ran the second fastest women\'s 800
meter time in school history, 2:08.26, to finish in third place out
of the 24 runners in the prelims. Meredith Brooks (So., Burke, Va.)
had a time of 2:09.56 to grab fourth place in the race. Both Giles
and Brooks who are new NCAA regional qualifiers will run in the
finals on Saturday at 2:35 p.m.
Natalie Sherbak (Fr., Virginia Beach, Va.) ran the women\'s 1,500
meters in a school season best time of 4:32.01 to place 10th out of
the 26 competitors in the event. Sherbak\'s 10th place time qualified
her for the 1,500 meter finals on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Sherbak is an
indoor All-ACC selection for running in the conference champion
distance medley relay team in February.
The women\'s discus throw opens up Saturday\'s events at 10 a.m. The
relays, sprint and distance finals go from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The
championships conclude with an awards presentation at 4:45 p.m.
For complete coverage of the championships including live scoring,
schedule and records visit
http://seminoles.collegesports.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/05-acc-out-champs.html/.
Live scoring is available at
http://www.flashresults.com/2005_Meets/outdoor/acc/.
Tech women are in third place while the men are fifth after the second
day
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Virginia Tech had six athletes score points on
the second day of the 2005 Atlantic Coast Conference Outdoor Track &
Field Championships at Florida State\'s Mike Long Track. Other
highlights included six Tech runners qualifying for Saturday\'s finals
and several Hokies posting personal record times in the sprint and
distance events.
Tech\'s six scores today were Sven Hahn, Brian MacPhee, Jennifer Wade,
Erin Mahony, Saskia Triesscheijn and Gunild Kreb. Hahn (Jr.,
Stutggart, Germany) placed third in the men\'s discus out of the 14
finishers with a throw of 178\' (54.25m). Hahn\'s third place finish
earned him All-ACC honors and gave Tech six team points. Hahn is
still the second-ranked men\'s discus thrower in the NCAA east region
and ranks ninth in the nation.
MacPhee (Sr., Golden Lake, Ont.) threw the discus 154\' (46.94m) to
place eighth, which is worth one team point. Vikas Gowda (North
Carolina), the No. 1 men\'s discus athlete in the nation, won the ACC
individual title in the event with his mark of 203\'5\" (62.00m).
Wade (Jr., Roanoke, Va.) earned three points for her sixth place
performance in the women\'s pole vault. Wade cleared a personal record
height of 11\'9.75\" (3.60m), which ranks third in Tech\'s all-time
performance list.